in prison. we also received leads about potential witnesses who would be helpful. there was a woman who lived across the street from mr. liuzza, she got a very good look at the perpetrator. ms. kelly and other witnesses who testified they saw a man with a blue steel revolver, 6 0 tall with close cut hair running past them. kevin freeman was 6 0 went by the nickname kojak because of his close cut hair. once all the evidence was examined it was clear beyond imagination that kevin freeman, acting alone, murdered ray liuzza. michael and gordon now believed they had a strong case for a new trial. we had an evidentiary hearing in front of judge quinlan. and quinlan vacated the death sentence, but he refused to
there were numerous pieces of evidence inconsistent with john s guilt or consistent with freeman s guilt and that showed that freeman had lied at trial in his testimony on behalf of the state. after testifying he saw thompson murder ray liuzza, kevin freeman was given a plea deal and only served ten months in prison. we also received leads about potential witnesses who would be helpful. there was a woman who lived across the street from mr. liuzza, she got a very good look at the perpetrator. ms. kelly and other witnesses who testified they saw a man with a blue steel revolver, six feet tall with a close cut hair running past them. john thompson was 5 10 with a big afro. kevin freeman was 6 0 went by the nickname kojak because of his close cut hair. once all the evidence was examined it was clear beyond imagination that kevin freeman, acting alone, murdered ray liuzza. michael and gordon now believe they had a strong case for a new trial.